Dorado



E. l.. LBARNETT. Cotton Plahter.

y `Patterned'June 30, 1,868.

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,5* EDWIN L. ,BARNETL O-F EL- DORADO, ARKANSAS.

Lum Patent No'. 79,433, dated June 30,1868.

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Be it lrnown that I, EDWIN LBARNETT, of El Dorado, in the county of Union, and State of Arkansas, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Plenters; and I do hereby decl'are the following to be a full and correct description` of the same, sulicient to enable .othersl skilled in the art to whichmy invention appertains to fully understand and' use the same, reference being had to the accompanying"drawings, which make part of this specication, and in which- Figure 1 is an under side perspective view of my improved cotton-planter, and

Figure 2 isa side elevation ofthe same.

My invention consists in the combination, in a simple hand-planter, of all thenecessary devices for breaking the ground, making the furrow', dropping the seed singly and covering it `vith ground; the machine itself being such that it can be easily and cheaply constructed, and thus be within the'reech ofy even the smallest lcotton-raiser.

A, in the drawing, representsthevnigin frame, in the frontpieceOof winch-the breaking-plow B. is secured.

`.From the rcnr of the frame A risc two standards, D, to the ends of which handles, E, are secured, The handles E converge towards each other in front, and are secured to the part C'ofl the main framein any convenient manner. -A rod or bar, F, passes through the handles E into the standards D, and to it is secured the rear end ofthe hopper G, constructed of wood or metal, as may -be deemed most appropriate and convenient. The front endAof this hopper is secured to a. cross-bar,'H, on the handles E, and the sides are curifeyd, and approach each other at the bottom, so as Ato allow sutlicien't space to allow a cogged wheel, Lito easily move, between .their ilanges L. Thisuheel H is secured on a shaft, J, which has its bearings in hong'ers,j, attached to tho under side of main frame A. Projecting 'down from the front of the hopper G is a shieldorfunnel, g,"between the inner side of which and the cogs ot' the wheel I there is just sufficient room toalllowzihc seed to drop in such quantity as may be desired. l

K represents a furrowing-wheel, with a A-shaped b'evelled edge,\vhich makesa. furrow, the centre of which is in line with the centre ofthe cgged wheel I. l

This furrowing-whecl' is secured on a shaft, /cl,`which has its bearings in hangers' From the rear,a,-of

'the frame A project teeth, b, which serve to vcover the furrow mede by wheel K 1 v The operation ofthe planter will be easily understood. `While p low B breaks the ground, the wheel K nukes a deep and clean furrow, into which thepseed drops through the funnel from' the hppper Gin quantities regulated by the coggcd wheel I. .The furrow is covered with lopse ground by th'euteeth b.

The advantafre of m device consists es cciallv in its sim licit 'as it combines all-necessiti` devices for l o v. y

the successful planting of cotton in a machine which can be `constructed at avery little expense, and thus is Within the reach of even the poorest planter,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*- 'Thc cottonfplanter, consisting of the main frame A, standards D, handles E, hrealzing-pllow B, furrowing' wheel K, cogged wheel I, hopper G provided with a shield, g,and teeth b, all arranged, combinefhend constructed substantially as described. i

The above specification of.my improvement in cotton-seed planters signed, this 23d lday of December, 1867.

` EDWIN L. B ARNETT.;

Witnesses:

P. BUMAN, C. W. Locus. 

